The revised costs for the repeated delays to Lewisham library are being treated as confidential, while the the council’s contribution to the town centre project has increased from £5m to £11m.

When Year 5 children at Rathfern primary school found out that Fairy Liquid can harm aquatic life, they organised their own refill shop selling safer alternatives.

The council declared an urgent need for climate adaption, biodiversity recovery and river health recovery and will look into Rights for Nature. But campaigners have repeatedly called for practical st...

Hundreds of residents who were moved out of the Lewisham Gateway development face another 12 months away from their new homes following a flood that knocked out water and power supplies.

Healthcare workers were joined by patients, campaigners and councillors in a co-ordinated day of action opposing Palantir's continuing role in the NHS.

The housing campaigners reminded Green councillors of their pre-election pledge to support the demands of the Save Lewisham Shopping Centre campaign. The council now says these are impossible.

A workshop at the BPTW architects' open studio asks: 'What if we gave more room to the river?'

Lewisham councillors rejected the Deptford Reach scheme on grounds of heritage, urban design, lack of a section 106 and loss of light to Creekside houseboats, but did not engage with calls for ambitio...

A blog post from the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust misleadingly states that the decision will be made in October, but Salamander found that it will take place in private on 29 September.

Residents gathered for music, poetry and speeches, and a heritage plaque was installed at the site of the crash.

The council approved a significant change in policy for Catford Town Centre, but were warned of a funding gap and rising debts of council owned firm CRPL.

A look at how nature is thriving at the reserve in Crofton Park and the founders' hopes to grow it further with three acres of ancient woodland.

At Lewisham People's assembly, we do not want to see current plans go ahead, because the affordable housing offer is far, far behind what this borough needs.

Will Lewisham council's plans move the needle on improving road safety?

A whistleblower has raised a case with the Charity Commission, accusing leadership at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, Lewisham of an effective cover-up of multiple sexual harassment claims against...

A whistleblower has raised a case with the Charity Commission, accusing leadership at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, Lewisham of an effective cover-up of multiple sexual harassment claims against...

The council announced the rogue landlords taskforce with a fanfare, but over 5,700 private rented properties are queuing to get on the landlords register and an estimated 3,000 have never applied.

Driverless taxi trials have been approved in London, but disabled people are raising concerns about safety and accessibility and say the tech is a diversion from the greater need to make public transp...

The Mayor of London urged ministers to reject plans for a third runway, citing impacts on noise pollution, air quality, carbon emissions and the environment. The GMB union told MPs they expect the pla...

Council leaders condemned the draft policy, which they said made the assumption that expansion should proceed. They called on the government to properly consider alternatives, particularly a shift to...

Drought conditions this summer have prompted Thames Water to start operating a groundwater pumping scheme which brings water from West Berkshire into the River Thames.

BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Luna Carmoon explains Lewisham roots, hyperreal dreamscapes, and making films you can smell.

After a summer of back-to-back heatwaves, demand for cooling is rising. Are reversible air-to-air heat pumps the answer?

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After last week's fire at the SSSI in Deptford, Lewisham council has been quick to point the finger at the 'private firm'. But is the council telling the whole story?

The Green deputy mayor tells residents "the challenge is stark". Salamander asked for the figures behind the top line.

The council says it is likely that a revised budget for the town centre improvement programme will be put to Lewisham mayor and cabinet later this year.

Waste firm Cory has plans for a vast district heat network across London, fed from its household waste incinerators at Belvedere, Bexley.

Fifteen fire engines are responding to a fire at a waste facility in Deptford

The Green-led council passed a motion deeply critical of government immigration policy. Cabinet member Hau-Yu Tam explains the next steps and what the council can do within the law to resist immigrati...

The ombudsman found recurring failures by the council to act on its recommendations, raising cases which highlight the impact on the borough's most vulnerable families.

Council leaders condemn the guidance, saying it is harmful to the rights of trans people and makes their exclusion from public life more likely, not less.

The Gov's latest national security assessment makes one thing clear: nature is not separate from national security, it underpins it. Act now.

This article by CCNow is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now.

Council leaders condemn the guidance, saying it is harmful to the rights of trans people and makes their exclusion from public life more likely, not less.

After five days of strikes, contractor NSL has committed to union recognition and the union expects formal pay negotiations to begin in the next few weeks.

Why has the council's troubled refurbishment project been repeatedly delayed?

A toxic mix of traffic fumes, heat and sunlight is raising ozone levels. The Honor Oak Park air pollution sensor has recorded 26 breaches of UK air quality objectives in 2026.

Opposition to the scheme on grounds of protection of the green belt and the data centre's water and energy use, has grown rapidly.

Test results due this week will determine whether the huge project is technically viable. But campaigners are raising concerns about the impact of the system on rivers and waters that are already und...

A survey from pregnancy and baby loss charity Sands calls for urgent improvements in bereavement care at the hospital.

What happened to our street the day we stopped waiting.

Defra figures show Lewisham is the 3rd worst performing local authority in England, and fly tipping incidents are increasing. The council is trying once again to turn the tide.

Despite its lead on School Streets, Lewisham's poor scores on controlled parking, protected cycling and traffic reduction kept it at the bottom of the league for inner London boroughs.

As housing campaigners call for a halt on the Landsec masterplan, Lewisham House No. 1 says its rival plans deliver 'everything that the Green Party campaigned for at this year's elections'.